2014 CAP Congress / Congrès de l’ACP 2014 Report of Contributions https://indico.cern.ch/e/CAP2014 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions An Analytic Mathematical Model t … Contribution ID: 0 Type: Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant) An Analytic Mathematical Model to Explain the Spiral Structure and Rotation Curve of NGC 3198. Thursday, 19 June 2014 10:15 (15 minutes) PACS:98.62.-g An analytical model of galactic morphology is presented. This model presents resolutions to two inter-related parameters of spiral galaxies: one being the flat velocity rotation profile and the other being the spiral morphology of such galaxies. This model is a mathematical transformation dictated by the general theory of relativity applied to rotating polar coordinate systems that conserve the metric. The model shows that the flat velocity rotation profile and spiral shape of certain galaxies are both products of the general theory. Validation of the model is presented by application to 878 rotation curves provided by Salucci, and by comparing the results of a derived distance modulus to those using Cepheid variables, water masers and Tully-Fisher calculations. The model suggests means of determining galactic linear density, mass and angular momentum. We also show that the morphology of NGC 3198 is congruent to the geodesic of a rotating reference frame and is therefore gravitationally viscous and self bound. Primary author: ROUT, Bruce (Astronomical Teacher Training Institute) Presenter: ROUT, Bruce (Astronomical Teacher Training Institute) Session Classification: (R1-10) Cosmic Frontier: Cosmology - PPD-DTP / Frontière cos- mique: cosmologie - PPD-DPT Track Classification: Atmospheric and Space Physics / Physique atmosphérique et de l’espace (DASP-DPAE) October 2, 2021 Page 1 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions Belle-II: searching for new physics … Contribution ID: 1 Type: Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité Belle-II: searching for new physics in the heavy flavor sector Monday, 16 June 2014 16:15 (30 minutes) Belle-II will probe the flavour sector of particle physics at the high-luminosity SuperKEKB e+e- collider, located at the KEK laboratory in Japan. Physics operations will start in late 2016, with the goal of collecting by 2022 thirty times the combined integrated luminosity of the two previous gen- eration B-factories, PEP-II at SLAC and KEKB at KEK. This precision-frontier facility will open an exciting window on new energy scales beyond the reach of existing colliders, including the LHC, by virtue of quantum loop corrections that are sensitive to massive, and as yet undiscovered, par- ticles. These hypothesized particles manifest themselves in precision measurements of processes involving bottom and charm quarks and tau leptons, such as CP violation and other asymmetries, rare decays, and processes that are forbidden within our current understanding of physics. This program is complementary to direct searches for new physics at the LHC. The Canadian group is working on an upgrade of the electromagnetic calorimeter that willenable it to achieve excellent efficiency and resolution in the presence of very high luminosity-related backgrounds. It will use pure CsI crystals with fine mesh photomultiplier tubes and custom ana- log and digital electronics, which are being designed by the Canadian group. We are aiming for installation in summer 2018. Primary author: Prof. HEARTY, Christopher (University of British Columbia/IPP) Presenter: Prof. HEARTY, Christopher (University of British Columbia/IPP) Session Classification: (M2-9) Status and Future of Precision Frontier - PPD-DIMP / État et avenir de la frontière de précision -PPD-DPIM Track Classification: Particle Physics / Physique des particules (PPD) October 2, 2021 Page 2 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions The high cost of science disengage … Contribution ID: 2 Type: Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité The high cost of science disengagement of Canadian Youth: Reimagining Physics Teacher Education for 21st Century Tuesday, 17 June 2014 13:45 (45 minutes) Last year, Let’s Talk Science released a report on the cost of high school students’ dropping sci- ence, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. The disengagement of Canadian students with STEM has dire economic and political consequences for the country: less than 50% of our secondary students take advanced STEM courses and even fewer decide to pursue science- heavy degrees. Thus, it is not surprising that for the past decade, Canada has been also falling behind on the innovation index. This talk will attempt to reimagine physics teacher education for the 21st century that will help engage Canadian youth in meaningful physics learning. In order to succeed in this process, teacher education should be grounded in physics education research. More- over, it will require a long-term collaboration between physics faculty members, teacher educators, university administrators, and school districts. An example of the beginning of such collaboration will be discussed in this talk. Primary author: Dr MILNER-BOLOTIN, Marina (The University of British Columbia) Presenter: Dr MILNER-BOLOTIN, Marina (The University of British Columbia) Session Classification: (T2-4) Gender and Arts in Physics Teaching - CEWIP-DPE / Genre et arts dans l’enseignement de la physique - CEFEP-DEP Track Classification: Women in Physics / Femmes en physique (CEWIP-CEFEP) October 2, 2021 Page 3 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions What your advisor never told you: … Contribution ID: 3 Type: Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité What your advisor never told you: Education for the ’Real World’ Tuesday, 17 June 2014 08:45 (30 minutes) Studying physics (or any other subject…) because you love it is great. There are many career paths available to those who have studied physics, but there are skills, knowledge, and attitudes that physics education, by itself, doesn’t typically provide to prepare students for the real world that they will enter – no matter what that career path may be. Entrepreneurship education is thekey to bringing this content to physics students, with important benefits for all: Better preparation of students, greater ability to recruit students to the discipline, new opportunities for research projects, opportunities for partnerships, and, yes, the potential for financial reward. Carthage College created the ScienceWorks Entrepreneurial Studies Program in 1994 to address this issue and fill an education void. Now one of the leading programs in technical entrepreneur- ship, ScienceWorks is one model through which entrepreneurship education can be implemented. This talk will discuss some of the history of technical entrepreneurship education, the keycompo- nents that such education includes, resources available to create and implement entrepreneurship education, describe a number of ways that it can be implemented at colleges and universities, and discuss the benefits that such a program will bring to the physics community. Primary author: Dr ARION, Douglas (Carthage College) Presenter: Dr ARION, Douglas (Carthage College) Session Classification: (T1-5) What we can do to help our students succeed in non-academic careers - DPE / Comment aider nos étudiants pour des carrières non académiques - DEP Track Classification: Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP) October 2, 2021 Page 4 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions Back to the Ionosphere 50 Years L … Contribution ID: 5 Type: Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité Back to the Ionosphere 50 Years Later: the CASSIOPE Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP) Monday, 16 June 2014 14:15 (30 minutes) The launch of the Alouette I satellite on September 29, 1962, marked Canada’s entry intothespace age. The successful launch on the CASSIOPE small satellite fifty-one years later to thedaymarks Canada’s return to the ionosphere. CASSIOPE carries two payloads: the Enhanced Polar Outflow Probe (e-POP), an 8-instrument scientific payload, and CASCADE, a communications technology demonstration payload. The e-POP instrument suite is comprised of plasma, magnetic field,ra- dio, and optical instruments designed for in-situ observations in the topside polar ionosphere at the highest-possible resolution, and it utilizes CASCADE for onboard data storage and teleme- try downlink - to help demonstrate the capabilities of CASCADE. In this paper, we present an overview of the e-POP payload and its scientific objectives, and selected examples of initial results from the early part of the CASSIOPE mission. Primary author: Prof. YAU, Andrew (University of Calgary) Co-author: Dr JAMES, H. Gordon (University of Calgary) Presenter: Prof. YAU, Andrew (University of Calgary) Session Classification: (M1-2) ePOP satellite mission I - DASP / Mission satellitaire ePOP I - DPAE Track Classification: Atmospheric and Space Physics / Physique atmosphérique et de l’espace (DASP-DPAE) October 2, 2021 Page 5 2014 CAP Congr … / Report of Contributions Changing students’ approach to le … Contribution ID: 6 Type: Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant) Changing students’ approach to learning physics in undergraduate gateway courses Thursday, 19 June 2014 14:15 (30 minutes) This study investigated if and how a combined set of specially developed activities; reflective writing, critique-writing activities, & reflective write-pair-share combined with the collaborative conceptual-conflict group exercises can help students change their approach to learning physics and their actual learning.